Club News

 
29/06/2010

Following on from Clive's post on the forum concerning the restrictrd area in Portland Harbour, here is a map of the harbour which clearly shows the area mentioned.

06/03/2010

With IOPCC group sizes getting bigger and bigger, we now need to apply stricter controls to the way that these groups are controlled. Take a look at our 'Guidance Notes for Group Leadership'.


06/03/2010

The 'Lulworth, West or East' paddle scheduled for Sunday 21st March has been postponed as the Paddle 'n' Pick is happening on the previous day.


12/02/2010

Our good friend Terry at Secondwind Watersports has arranged a sponsored beach cleaning event, in association with Sports Relief, for kayakers on 20th March. We think that this is a really good idea and something that we should support and be a part of.

More details can be found HERE>>


05/02/2010

I have added a new page giving weather and tidal information for the next club paddle. The page can be reached by clicking the icon next to the paddle details.


03/02/2010

A map of common venues and meeting places used by the club has been added to the top of the Activities Page.


10/01/2010

The Galleries Page has been reconstructed using Google's excellent Picasa offering. This has served to take the strain off our over stuffed web server and allowed Google to take the strain! Take a look...I hope you like it. If you have any pictures that you would like to see in the Galleries please send them to the webmaster...details on the Contact Us page.


14/11/2009

Those who attended the most recent IOPCC AGM on 13th November 2009 will have listened to a very interesting talk by Emma Rance, a Marine Warden with Dorset Wildlife Trust.

Emma mentioned an online group that has been set up by Dorset Wildlife Trust to promote marine conservation of the underwater landscapes and inhabiting species that often go unnoticed. You can join the group here.


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Press Clippings

IOPCC has been getting quite a bit of press coverage recently. Take a look at the links below to see just how famous we are becoming!

Barbara has somehow got the Dorset Echo fired up to give us a regular feature in their 'Afloat' section. Keep watching this page to see what they print...

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/afloat2012/afloatnews/4841817.Paddlers_battle_the_winter_seas/
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/afloat2012/afloatnews/4750942.Island_paddlers_conquer_Barle/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7956923.stm
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/4225064.Climber_injured_in_30ft_cliff_plunge/


 

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